Chapter 145: My Heart Aches with Longing

  The oil lamp was extinguished, and Song Chuyi quietly climbed onto the bed in the darkness.

  It's unclear when it started, but Zhao Yi Lou would no longer look for another room at night, and Song Chu Yi would no longer refuse. Sleeping together had become so natural and a matter of course.

  In the darkness, it has been quiet for a long time.

  At the beginning of Song, a feeling that the breathing around him was getting longer and more even, he got out of bed, lit a small lamp, took a small box containing medicine from the bookshelf, knelt down at Zhao Yi's feet, cleaned his wound with medicinal wine, applied ointment and bandaged it.

  Zhao Yi Lou was always vigilant when sleeping, but this time he didn't wake up. It was because he was too tired, and also because he felt at ease with Song Chu Yi by his side.

  He got up, and Song Chu paused for a moment before bending down to untie his clothes. He swallowed hard and checked himself all over, seeing that there were no serious injuries on his body. Only then did he put everything away and blow out the lamp to go to bed.

  Closing her eyes, Song Chuyi's mind was filled with Zhao Yilou's increasingly mature and robust body. After doing this and that to him in her dream, she woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated.

  The next day.

  As the sky broke dawn, the servant girl called Song Chu to get up together and prepare for the morning court.

  Zhao Yi Lou moved her body and got up, only to find that something was wrong with her feet. Her gaze fell on the white cloth wrapped around them, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes. She pointed at her feet, turned her head and asked Song Chuyi, "Did you wrap this?"

  Song Chu was putting on his outer garment and turned around to take a look, "You're injured?"

  Zhao Yi Lou furrowed her brow, scrutinizing her expression, but couldn't find any flaws. She felt a slight disappointment in her heart and thought that it might be the doing of Qian Yu, because only Qian Yu had seen him get hurt yesterday. And only Qian Yu and Jian could enter this room.

  "Since you're injured, don't move around casually. If there's anything, just call for Ah-yi." Song Chu tightened his belt and walked out to the outer room.

  "I'm going to pee!" Zhao Yilou said coldly.

  Song Chu smiled and walked straight into the outer room to wash up.

  It wasn't until halfway through breakfast that Zhao Yilou returned, and the gaze she directed at her was much softer than before, but her expression remained cold and hard.

  Baijian followed closely behind, scurrying to Song Chuyi's feet with a rustling sound. He looked up at her with his shiny black eyes, twitched his ears, and put on an innocent expression.

  Song initially raised it. Knowing that the guy was plotting, because she didn't like too greasy in the morning either. So she divided a plate of venison into half for it.

  "Master, Young Master is ill." reported Ah Fu from outside.

  "Good." Song Chu drank two mouthfuls of porridge hastily and went out.

  This made Zhao Yilou so angry that he was choked with rage.

  Song Chuanyi arrived at the gate and saw Qiu Lian, who cupped his hands in greeting before saying, "Mount your horse first, then we'll talk."

  Leading his horse over, Song Chuoyi swung himself up onto it and turned around to ask, "Big Brother, is there something urgent?"

  "Last night I returned to the palace and received your verbal decree. Today after dispersing from court, I stayed behind to discuss strategies for attacking Wei." said Zuo Li.

  "Hmm." Song Chuyi responded with a murmur and urged his horse forward, walking alongside him shoulder to shoulder.

  It's actually not that hard to say, Song Chu can come up with a plan. But he will definitely not be responsible for implementing it, because most of the time, the strategy may just be a simple direction, while actual action requires a lot of effort.

  In Song Chu's view, this battle was not worth mentioning at all. Even if they didn't borrow external troubles to entangle internal worries, would Winning still have no other way? So she would still put most of her energy on Ba-Shu.

  This morning's discussion was also about attacking Wei, but it wasn't a discussion on how to attack, rather there were many people stopping the attack on Wei.

  The hall was in an uproar, with everyone expressing their own opinions. Song Chuyi, who usually sat quietly without saying a word, now stood out even more for her calmness amidst the heated atmosphere.

  "Under the pillar, Shi has mountains and valleys in his heart, yet he is so calm. I don't know how to view this matter?" Minister Meng Xuan said loudly.

  Meng Xun was born into the Meng clan of the Qin state, and had always firmly maintained the interests of his clan. At this moment, with the mentality that there is strength in numbers, he pressured Song Xiangru to take a stand. His fierce gaze seemed to suggest that if Song Xiangru expressed support for the new law, he would immediately rush forward and kill him.

  The hall quieted down slightly, and Song Chuoyi coughed once before speaking, "Minister Meng is truly overpraising you, Your Majesty. Are you really calm?" As she spoke, she turned towards the throne and paid her respects, saying, "Your subject supports your decision."

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, all things were entrusted to Ying Zong.

  Who would have thought that the man on the main seat, who looked like a carved statue, turned his gaze slightly and said, "I also want to hear the opinion of Shi under the pillar."

  "My humble opinion is," Song said with a bow of his head, "before dealing with the new and old laws, it's best to first weaken Wei State's vitality."

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, she had not yet raised her head, but felt that the atmosphere around her had suddenly changed. She slightly raised an eyebrow and continued, "It's not necessarily required for Qin to personally send troops, Wei borders Zhao, Qi, Han, Chu..."

  "What you mean is to send someone to persuade these countries to attack Wei?" Meng Xuan asked.

  The old clans were all shocked in spirit, as long as they didn't send out heavy troops, they could freely restore the old ways.

  Old Master Gan Long also looked at Song Chu. He had already thought of a plan in his heart, if Yun Bu was not willing to restore the old system, he would secretly instigate Yi Qu to put pressure on him from all sides and force him to abdicate! After all, it wasn't the first time he'd done something like this.

  Gan Long was a veteran of four dynasties. If it weren't for him forcing Qin Duke out and deposing him, installing Qin Duke Xian to the throne, and supporting Qin Duke Xiao, there wouldn't be today's great Qin, nor would there be today's Ying Ji.

  Memories surged, and Gan Long couldn't help but admire Qin Xiao Gong's gentle exterior and strong interior, as well as his broad-mindedness and charisma as a ruler. He reused Shang Yang, a man who only had laws in his eyes and no human emotions or worldly considerations, and yet he was able to push him into a corner!

  This is the last comeback. Gan Long also knew Wuyi very well and understood that if he couldn't succeed this time, he might never have another chance...

  "It's just a superficial idea, but as for how to do it, I haven't thought it through yet." Song Chu's words pulled Gan Long out of his memories.

  Gan Long rarely spoke in the hall over the years, but this time he unexpectedly expressed his own views. "I think that Zhushi's words are reasonable. Wei State has always been eyeing Qin with envy, if Great Qin is in chaos due to the changes in laws, it's hard to guarantee that they won't take advantage of the situation and invade."

  Ying Ju's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Let's disperse for now, we'll discuss this matter again tomorrow."

  Everyone bowed their heads and sent off the winner's carriage before slowly getting up and leaving the palace one after another.

  After rushing out of the temple (latest update), he went directly to Yingju's study, and Song Chu followed after tidying up.

  The two did not intentionally hide their tracks. With countless eyes in the palace, sneaking around would only arouse suspicion. It's better to just go openly and honestly.

  "Sir."

  As soon as Song Chu arrived at the study, he heard a soft call behind him.

  "Beautiful woman." Song Chu Yi turned around and bowed to the newcomer with his hands clasped together.

  In the harem of King You Xiang, there was only one Zi Chao. Since being rejected by Song Chu Yi last time, King You Xiang conferred her as Mei Ren, a title not high in rank, but unfortunately, she is now the sole mistress.

  In her autumn water-like eyes, a faint sorrow was hidden, "No need for excessive courtesy under the pillar."

  She let out a barely audible sigh and said, "Sir, on which day can you bring my sister into the palace so that I can see her? I truly miss my sister dearly."

  Song Chu's eyes dropped slightly, and when he looked up again, he smiled faintly and said, "Yes."